{"id":152,"date":"2026-05-28T17:46:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T17:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=152"},"modified":"2026-05-28T17:46:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T17:46:03","slug":"the-philadelphia-sisters-helped-bring-professional-womens-tennis-back-to-philly-and-its-a-dream-come-true-for-alex-sykes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=152","title":{"rendered":"The Philadelphia Sisters helped bring professional women\u2019s tennis back to Philly \u2014 and it\u2019s \u2018a dream come true\u2019 for Alex Sykes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div><audio><\/audio><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Philly might not be getting its first professional women\u2019s tennis tournament in over 20 years if not for Unrivaled.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=150\">A teaching pro from the Philadelphia Cricket Club will be back in action at the ShopRite LPGA Classic<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Unrivaled, the 3-on-3 women\u2019s basketball league featuring several top WNBA stars, stopped in Philadelphia back in January, and Renee Bridges, diversity, equity, and inclusion director for the United States Tennis Associate Middle States, ended up at a kickoff event hosted by the Philadelphia Sisters, one of the key groups behind landing a WNBA team in Philly. Alex Sykes, co-founder and president of the Philly Sisters, hooked Bridges and her co-workers up with a block of tickets, and Bridges had so much fun that she immediately reached back out to the group to get them involved with a potential women\u2019s tennis tournament in the city.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Just a few weeks later, they were putting pen to paper on a WTA 125 tournament hosted by the University of Pennsylvania in August.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cTo be honest, I don\u2019t think we ever thought of tennis,\u201d Sykes said. \u201cIt\u2019s so big, to actually bring it in? For us to think of the WTA, it\u2019s like, we never even dreamed of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The Philly Sisters are dedicated to establishing Philadelphia as a strong women\u2019s sports town, ideally through the establishment of permanent teams and events.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The Ennoble Care Tennis Classic WTA 125 event is the second-level of women\u2019s professional tennis, also known as challenger tournaments. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=148\">Inside the battle over King of Prussia\u2019s 4.6 million square feet of proposed data centers<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>A tournament will be held in Philadelphia for at least two years, so the tournament will return to Penn in 2027 and could also return in 2028. Sykes said they are working on building a center court at the Penn facility, and hope the tournament could become a precursor to hosting a WTA 250 or 500 level tournament in the future, which would bring higher-level players and a larger field.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The group has already secured a title sponsor, and got over 2,500 email sign-ups for more information after the initial announcement. Sykes hopes the event can be more accessible to local fans than a larger tournament might. Tickets for the tournament will be just $20.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>On Wednesday, the Philly Sisters hosted a launch party at Love Park to celebrate the return of professional women\u2019s tennis to Philadelphia after 21 years, featuring 11-time Grand Slam double champion and Norristown native Lisa Raymond. Penn tennis was on-site helping passersby learn Red Ball tennis, and Stoop Pigeon, the women\u2019s sports hub set to open later this year, gave out tennis-themed \u2018Philly is a women\u2019s sports town\u2019 T-shirts.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s a full-circle moment for Sykes, who was born in France and started her career with the WTA. She was told she didn\u2019t speak good enough English to travel on the tour, so instead she moved to Philadelphia, started learning English, and her career ended up going in a completely different direction. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like a dream come true,\u201d Sykes said. \u201cFor me, it\u2019s my big American dream, for sure. Thinking about coming to the U.S., to learn English better, to go back to the WTA, and then coming and organizing a whole event in the city I love around women\u2019s sports and women tennis? 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